Improper Setup; Installing the Driver & Software; If you have previously configured the wireless - Page 39

Brother MFC-7840W Quick Setup Guide

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Quick Setup Guide MFC-7840W
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Installing the Driver & Software

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Network

2

Plug the AC power cord into an AC outlet. Turn 
the power switch on.

 

Improper Setup

If you have previously configured the wireless 
settings of the machine you must reset the 
network (LAN) settings before you can 
configure the wireless settings again.
Press Menu, 5, 2, 6 (or Menu, 5, 0, 1) and then 
press 1 to accept the change.

 

3

On your machine, press 

Menu

5

2

2

 

WLAN Enable?
1.On 2.Off

Press 

1

 to choose 

On

. The wired network 

interface will become inactive with this setting.

4

The machine will search for your network and 
display a list of available SSIDs. You should 
see the SSID you wrote down earlier. If the 
machine finds more than one network use the  

 or 

  to choose your network, then 

press 

OK

. Go to step

8

.

 

Select

ab

or OK

salesgroup

Note

It will take several seconds to display a list of 
available SSIDs.

 

If your access point is set to not broadcast the 
SSID you will have to manually add the SSID 
name. Go to step

5

.

5

Select 

<New SSID>

 using the 

 or 

 and 

press 

OK

. Go to step

6

.

 

Select SSID&Set
<New SSID>

6

Enter a new SSID and press 

OK

. For 

information how to type text, see 

Entering 

text

on page 46.

 

SSID:

7

Press the 

 or 

 to choose 

Infrastructure

, then press 

OK

.

 

Mode Select
Infrastructure

8

Use the 

 or 

 and 

OK

 keys to choose one 

of the options below: If your network is 
configured for Authentication and Encryption 
you must match the settings used for your 
network.

No Authentication or Encryption:

 Choose 

Open System

, press 

OK

 then choose 

None

 

for 

Encryption Type

 and press 

OK

. Then 

press 

1

 to apply your settings. Go to step

12

.

No Authentication with WEP Encryption: 

Choose 

Open System

, press 

OK

 then use the  

 or 

 to choose 

WEP

 for the 

Encryption Type

 and press 

OK

. Go to 

step

9

.

Authentication with WEP Encryption:

 

Choose 

Shared Key

, press 

OK

. Go to step

9

.

Authentication with WPA/WPA2-PSK  (TKIP 
or AES Encryption):

 Choose 

WPA/WPA2-PSK

, press

OK

. Go to step

10

.

Authentication with LEAP:

 Choose 

LEAP

press 

OK

. Go to step

11

.

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  • 1.On 2.
  • 46. SSID: 7 Press the or to choose Infrastructure , then press OK .

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  • WLAN Enable?

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